The Fab Mab: Once a
Filipino cabaret restaurant on Broadway, now the home of San Francisco
punk, circa. 1978. The two biggest acts in San Francisco during
this era were The Avengers and The Nuns. Both would sell out weekends
at the Mab. Due to the egalitarian practices of promoter Dirk
Dirksen, the supporting bands would be on a percentage of the
door and would make several hundred dollars a weekend night, enough
to cover the expenses of traveling up from Los Angeles. By contrast,
the Screamers, Weirdos or Dickies would sell out 3 nights (six
shows) at the Whisky, pocketing many thousands of dollars and
the support group receive $100 for 2 sets.

Both The Nuns and the Avengers would play Los Angeles. The Avengers
would become almost as popular in L.A. clubland as they were at
home. The Nuns' "Suicide Child" was to achieve its greatest
popularity on L.A. radio station KROQ in the late 80s.

The 2 rival groups were to be the only support acts at the Sid
Vicious era Sex Pistols' final concert at Winterland in San Francisco
in January 1978.

Before he was Rik L
Rik ... he was ... Rick L Rick.

The F-Word! live album was the first album to be released
in the L.A. scene. No matter that it was raw in the extreme with
minimal graphics, it was a big deal for those in the scene collecting
every new record out of London and New York. Resented by the Slash
magazine crowd (how dare Posh Boy beat us to the punch!) who erroneously
claimed the same honor for the Pulgz' Electrify Me album. Posh
Boy organized 2 highly successful signing ceremonies, the first
way out in the San Fernando Valley at a Licorice Pizza store,
the second at a Music Plus store forty miles away in Whittier.
All for a group that had already broken up.